The 45-day deadline for congress to override president Obama´s decision to remove Cuba from the list of sponsors of terrorism expires in the next hours. Amid a corruption scandal and calls for his resignation, FIFA president Sepp Blatter arrived in Zurich where his bid for a fifth term will be put to test. In Venezuela, president Nicolas Maduro announced a deal with Russia's top oil producer Rosneft worth around 14 billion dollars. Mexico's powerful Jalisco next generation drug cartel allegedly released a recording "swearing" to take vengeance against the government for the apparent massacre of 42 of its supposed gunmen in Michoacan a week ago. In Chile, students took to the streets to protest education reforms and against police violence and repression that have left two students dead this month.